by guest blogger buddhaofhollywood

I have a very good and dear friend. I can’t use her name here but let’s just call her Beth. She is a lovely lady, blonde, blue eye, a perfect poster picture of an American woman. She met this handsome man, lets call him Bob, a country boy, hard working, honest, and a bit religious, if being born again Christian can pass for “a bit”. He tried to push his beliefs on me once and the discussion went way out of hand. In the heat of the argument I shouted: “Are you a true Christian?” “Of course I am” he shouted back. I took a long, deep breath and very gently asked him: “Do you love me?”
He didn’t speak to me for a week after that, but then he came back and apologized for losing his temper. I apologized to him for being an asshole, and after that we became very good friends. But I digress.

The one thing Beth wanted more than anything in this world was to have a baby, and after getting married with Bob they did the sex thing and she got pregnant. Everything was going perfect. She was a radiant pregnant woman, and her joy could be read in her omnipresent smile. But something went wrong. Before the delivery date she started having contractions, this was in her 6-7 month I believe. Bob took her to the hospital and in spite of all the doctors efforts the fetus died. I don’t have to tell you how devastated they were. They tried again and again. Same result.

Neither prayer nor science would help them. Finally she gave up. Her body was beat up and she couldn’t put up with the emotional wreckage the losses were creating. God just didn’t want them to have a child and they had to leave with that. The thing that bothered me even more is that they took the blame on themselves and the marriage was falling apart. It took a lot of convincing from their family and friends to save the marriage. Even their priest was on the same page but he stopped short on admitting God was pro choice.

I don’t have any statistics about how many babies are aborted by God every year but I’m sure this story is familiar to a lot of people out there. So I say on to you my Christian friends, lets boycott God or even better lets bomb some churches! Let’s send him a message we wouldn’t put up with his pro choice position any longer!
Be loved! BoH

Miscarriage

During the second trimester the chance of miscarriage drops again to 3%. After you’ve reached 20 weeks gestation, it is no longer considered a miscarriage. The statistics regarding miscarriage vary widely depending on the source. Here are some of the basic numbers:

• Almost 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, with the majority occurring during the first 12 weeks
• There is a 75% chance of miscarriage in weeks 1-2 of pregnancy, when you do not know you are pregnant
• There is a 10% chance of miscarriage in weeks 3-6 and this number drops to 5% during weeks 6-12

For repeat miscarriage the statistic are as follows:

• If you have had a miscarriage during your first pregnancy, your chances of another miscarriage are 10-13%
• If you have had one or more live births and one miscarriage your chance of another miscarriage is around 10%
• There is a 40% chance of a repeat miscarriage if you have had two pregnancies and two miscarriages
• The chance of multiple miscarriages is lower, at around 13%, if you have had one or more live births
• If you have had three pregnancies and three miscarriages there is a 60% chance you will miscarry again. If you have had four miscarriages with no live births your chances of a healthy pregnancy drop to 0-5%  Source

Statistics USA

Pregnancy:
There are approximately 6 million pregnancies every year throughout the United States:
* 4,058,000 live births
* 1,995,840 pregnancy losses

Pregnancy Loss:
Every year in the United States there are approximately 2 million women who experience pregnancy loss:
* 600,000 women experience pregnancy loss through miscarriage
* 1,200,000 women experience pregnancy loss through termination
* 64,000 women experience pregnancy loss through ectopic pregnancy
* 6,000 women experience pregnancy loss through molar pregnancies
* 26,000 women experience pregnancy loss through stillbirth

Pregnancy Complications: Every year in the United States:
* 875,000 woman experience one or more pregnancy complications
* 458,952 babies are born to mothers without adequate prenatal care
* 467,201 babies are born prematurely
* 307,030 babies are born with Low Birth Weight
* 154,051 children are born with Birth Defects
* 27,864 infants die before their first birthday

Reproductive Health:
Every year in the United States, there are 60,000,000 women in the childbearing years of 15-44 :
* 70% of these women are sexually active
* 64% use a form of contraception
* 3,000,000 use NO form of contraception, accounting for 47% of unplanned pregnancies
* 6,000,000 women deal with infertility
* 2,000,000 married couples are infertile

Currently there are 68,000,000 individuals with an STD:
* There are 15,300,000 new STD cases each year
* 3,000,000 teenagers acquire an STD each year

Pregnancy & Social Concerns: Every year in the United States:
* 468,988 babies are born to teenage mothers
* 11% of pregnant woman are diagnosed with Post Partum Depression
* 820,000 woman smoke cigarettes while pregnant
* 221,000 women use illicit drugs during pregnancy
* 757,000 woman drink alcohol while pregnant
* 240,000 pregnant women are subject to domestic violence

* 40% of domestic assaults begin during the first pregnancy
* Pregnant women are at twice the risk of domestic assault than non pregnant women are Source